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R. E. PHILLIPS.

CYCLE SADDLE.

. Patented Jan. l, 1895.

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R. E. PHLLIPS.

CYCLE SADDLE.

No. 531,858. Patented Jan. l, 1895.

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R. E. PHILLIPS.

CYCLE SADDLE.

. Patented Jan. 1, 1895.

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M M Q UNITED STATESl PATENT @einen ROBERT EDWARD PHILLIPS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

CYCLE-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 531,858, dated January 1, 18, 95. Application filed August 13,1894. Serial No. 520,175. (No model.) Patented in England .l'annary 27, 1894,1lo. 1,824.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT EDWARD PHIL- LIPS, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at South Kensington, London, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cycle-Saddles, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, numbered 1,824 and bearing date of January 27, 1894,) of which the following is a full and complete specication.

My invention relates to saddles of the suspension or hammock type in which the seat is stretched between the front and rear parts of the supporting frame. The seats of such saddles as at present constructed are dat or approximately hat from front to rear, though means have been devised whereby such seats can be tilted to raise or depress either end of th saddle as found most convenient to the r1 er.

According to my invention I cause the rear part of a suspension or hammock saddle to curve upward after the pattern of the old fashioned racing saddles having a rigid plate trarne and my invention consists in stretching the seat from a convenient part of its length to any suitable part of the supporting frame by means of Aany suitable stretching device, the object being to so shape the seat as to give the rider something to thrust against, which is entirely absent from the present types of these saddles. I attain this end in the manner shown by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l Sheet No. l is a view in side elevation, partly in section,of a saddle showing one manner of carrying out my invention. Fig. 2 Sheet No. 1 is a similar view showing a modification in the construction of the stretching device, and Fig. 3 Sheet No.1 is a view in plan of the said stretching device. Figs. 4 and 5 Sheet No. l are broken views showing other means of attaching the stretching device to the supporting frame. Fig. 6 Sheet No. l and Figs. 7 and S Sheet No. 2 are brokenviews in side elevation showing other forms the stretching device may assume. Fig. 9 Sheet No. 2 is a broken view showing the introduction of a spring inthe stretching device. Fig. 10 Sheet No. 3 is a view in side elevation, partly in section, of a saddle showing an alternative method of applying the stretching device, and Figs. 11 and 12 Sheet No. 3 are views in side elevation partly in section, showing the application of my invention to the under frame of saddles having radius bars.

Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.

The supporting frame A of the saddle may be of any of the known types or constructions with this variation that the part a. adapted to carry the cantle plate A is extended a convenient distance above the front end a ofthe under frame to give the necessary upward curve to the rear part b of the seat B. The seat is preferably made of leather, is of the ordinary shape and it is attached to the front end a of the under frame A by any of the ordinary devices, and it is iixed to the cantle plate A by rivets or otherwise in the well-known manner. The seat B however is made longer than the distance between the front end a of the under frame and the cantle plate A and instead of being stretched directly between these two parts of the under frame, it is distorted and retained in its desired shape, t'. e., flat for a convenient distance from the front part and then curved upward at the rear part by stretching either that part forming the front fiat part of the seat as shown by Figs. 1, 2, 7, S, 9, 11, and 12, or by stretching that part forming the curved or inclined rear part of the seat as shown by Fig. 10.

Aconvenient form of stretching device consists of a piece of leather or other flexible material C riveted to or otherwise attached to the under side ofthe seat B and of a threaded pin or stud D attached at one end to the piece C either by a hook and eye connection as shown by Figs. l, 9, 10, 11 and 12,01' by being riveted or sewed thereto or by any other suitable means. through a plate E lying across the back part a of the supporting frame and it is drawn back to stretch the front part b of the seat B taut by means of the nut d.

As a modification the stretching device may consist of a piece C ef leather or other suitable material riveted'or otherwise attached to the seat B and folded and fixed round a bar E adapted to rest against the back part a, of the supporting frame preferably in a groove or recess therein, as shown by Figs. 2'

The threaded stud D is passed IOO ` ent directions. f

y `upper and p ned portio v stead of being attached to its horizontal pora tion. The band C in Fig. lO is provided with a screw/threaded pin D and a nut the same as in Fig. 1, but the pin D is arranged to pass through an eye on the lower part of the frame f A instead of on its rear part. The action of i the band C is the same in both forms of the device, but the distortion of the leather seat i is eected by pulling it downward in dier- .i

Vhcn the front part of the seat is stretched back and the stretching device is provided with an adjustment as shown by Figs. l, 8, 9, t 1l and 12 the ordinary tensioning device I-I at the front of the saddle may if desired be ldispensed with, but when the stretching device ett-'fe 2. A cycle saddle, consisting of a supporting frame, and a seat of flexible material having its front and vrear ends attached to the said frame; in combination with a distorting strap connected to the under side of the seat .and to the said frame, and means for adjusting the tension of the said strap, thereby stretching the said seat and holding its main portion substantially horizontal and its rear portion inclined thereto, substantially as described and shown.

ROBERT ED\VARD PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

W. H. JAMES, A. M. HACK, Both of 70 Chancery Lane, London., W. C'.

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